Al-Saud family fears the rise of the Brotherhood and their challenge to the legitimacy of their regime http://islamtimes.org/vdcftjdc.w6dxea7riw.html

The American newspaper the "Los Angeles Times" mentioned that the Saudis are afraid that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood will challenge religious belief which provides legitimacy to the Saudi royal family to rule. Riyadh flooded Egypt with an amount of four billion dollars to maintain the status quo and counter the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood...The paper quotes one U.S. official, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue, saying: "We have a lot of friction here since the Arab spring has agitated the relationship between the two countries with a kind of tension."

AbduAllah Al-Askar, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Saudi Shura Senate, said that the Obama administration no longer really listens to Saudi Arabian views regarding the underlying political issues, and this change does not mean the end of the alliance between Washington and Riyadh that has continued for 70 years which was built upon on the simple formula: Saudi Oil for the U.S. military protection.

The paper said that senior American diplomats went to the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, almost every week this spring to persuade King AbduAllah II that the democratic reform, even if only a facade, is the best way to calm the protests against his regime, but at the same time another ally is pushing on the the king wanting him to ignore the demands of the Americans.

[LA TIMES IS PUSHING DISINFO KING OF SAUDI ARABIA DOES NOT FEAR MB(HE IS MB) IT DOESNT FEAR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD,I DONT BUY IT,IN FACT MUCH OF MB HAS BEEN FINANCED THRU SAUDI CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ALONG TIME,AND MB IN LEBANON AND SYRIA ESPECIALLY, WORK HAND AND GLOVE WITH THE SAUD KINGDOM,AT LEAST ITS LEADERSHIP...WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THE CANDID STATEMENTS BY US OFFICAL WHO WENT TO AMMAN TO TELL KING TO SPEED UP REFORMS OR AT LEAST A FACADE!!!